<p>Especially those who live far from home: how do you survive without Kim Chi? Do you just take a giant stash to college every time you visit home? I know, sounds ridiculous, but legit question.</p>
<p>Or for you other non Koreans: how do you survive without your native palate during college?</p>
<p>One of my apartmentmates buys giant jars of kimchi. He’s white though.</p>
<p>Can’t they just go to the store and buy it? You can get it in every grocery store here.</p>
<p>There’s a korean grocery store near the mall (Green Castle) that sells jars of kimchi (and other korean stuff - tteok, shin lamyeon, jjajang myeon, mandu, etc…)</p>
<p>I live in Irvine where there is a lot of Koreans. My high school 11th grade History teacher even once said that Korean was the no. 1 most spoken language at home, followed by Spanish, Chinese, and Farsi. Plus, there are three Korean supermarkets where Koreans can get their kimchi from: H-Mart, Freshia, and Zion Market. I love those stores, even though I’m not Korean, because the produce there are pretty cheap and easier for me to afford than produce at American grocery stores.</p>
<p>My mom makes Kim Chi, I can’t tolerate the ones from the stores, just not the right taste…</p>
<p>I am from Southern California who is currently in the central Indiana. There is one decent oriental store owned by Koreans and they do have a good variety of kimchi. There is a definite price increase though but eh… I think it’s fine. I don’t consume kimchi anymore other than when I go back home. </p>
<p>Side note: I’m sure there are a lot of people going… “What the hell is kimchi?” lol</p>
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I’m one of those people lol.</p>
<p>Well, I’m filipino and its going to be hard without my mom’s good homemade filipino food (which we usually eat everyday). Luckily, my home is only an hour and a half away from my college. The downside is that my mom is using her food as an excuse to visit me as much as possible (which I’m not very excited about, haha). Other than my mom bringing me food, I can pretty much cook most dishes on my own. </p>
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<p>Actually that’s a good question. I just eat what I have to to be honest.</p>
<p>Yeah, I am a little lost (Even with my chef training… from watching Top Chef) but I am Norwegian so… basically potato stuff here. Haha</p>
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<p>I am just a spice freak I guess. I drench most “American” food in tabasco, in fact, tabasco is getting too sweet for me, I gained tolerance for it. I need something stronger.</p>
<p>Tabasco is not spicy, it’s just gross, IMO. Try actual spices and peppers, something that’ll put a little hair on your chest lol.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m worried about that.
I’m going to Michigan from Texas. (I’m korean not chinese, lol)
My mom can’t ship Kimchi, but I’ll probably go to Korean Resteraunts at least once a week… I can’t live purely off american food, lol.</p>
<p>I’m sure your roommate will appreciate your lack of kim chi.</p>
<p>There’s no way I’m the only Korean who hates kimchi</p>
<p>Any Koreans who hate kimchi should be burned at the stake! SINNERS YOU ALL ARE! SINNERS! :P</p>
<p>But seriously, there will definitely be people who do not like kimchi… just as I do NOT like alcohol. Any little taste of it and I cringe. Trying to describe kimchi in English will make it sound unpleasant, but you really have to try it. Just look it up on Wikipedia for those of you who don’t know what it is. Don’t judge it by what it looks like! I’ve had so many friends who didn’t like the look of kimchi who said that it was delicious.</p>
<p>I learned how to cook my culture’s food and cooked it at college, lol.</p>
<p>Ask your mom how she makes her kimchi and make it in the common kitchens…</p>
<p>I live in NYC and so there’s a huge Korean enclave in Midtown where you can get a lot of Korean dishes at authentic places. Mmmm.</p>
<p>Now, I do know how to make Kim Chi, I have seen her make it for years now. The problem is that it is an all day process… Its kinda weird making kim chi in college…</p>